Sailing Down Fulton Street
Back to Original Tune Database Jig, D Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio We live at the top of a hill. When we leave our house, we sail easily down into town. Coming home can be a little less carefree. On a particularly grueling commute home […]
Astor’s Box
Back to Original Tune Database Jig, A Mixolydian (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio Our little black Astor loved popcorn, tomatoes, and the button accordion. If a box player came over for tunes, Astor would sit at the musician’s feet and purr. (Also, he had a nasal disease […]
Phoebe Liam and Ricky
Back to Original Tune Database Slide, D Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio I wrote this tune when my friend Alaina mentioned the names of her cats. Um, so funny, these names for cats. She told me that Little Ricky was the senior of the bunch. […]
Brown Weasel
Back to Original Tune Database Reel, D Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio My friend Rachel lives in a lovely woodsy area in New Hampshire. While we were on a Zoom call working on a tricky musical phrase, a brown weasel darted outside, just […]
Frame the Cat
Back to Original Tune Database Jig, G Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio I wrote this as a companion to Knit the Collar, in recognition of our friend Janet and the amazing craft projects she completed at Irish music sessions and concerts. This one was […]
Big-Eared Brad
Back to Original Tune Database Reel, E Minor (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio One summer we had a backyard rabbit, a small guy, with comically long ears. Our kid named his Big-Eared Brad. We yelled at Brad and shot soft toy darts at him when he […]
Three Petes in a Pod
Back to Original Tune Database Reel, G Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio On a gorgeous pre-Spring day, I met up with my pal Kieran for a garden party at Helen’s home. We sat in the garden, watching chipmunks stuff their cheeks with seeds. Kieran told […]
The Othsprey
Back to Original Tune Database Strathspey, G Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio Being home and riding bikes helped rinse away some of the busy-ness, stress, and sickness of our summer. After the bulk of our travels were behind us, I still felt like I needed […]
Bird Tree
Back to Original Tune Database Slip Jig, B Minor (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Download SOLO FLUTE Audio In early December, Matt found a foot-high artificial Christmas tree in our neighbor’s trash. He dusted it off, and we decorated it with some little bird ornaments in our Virtual Guided Session […]
Cher Ami
Back to Original Tune Database March, D Major (Click image for full tune) Download Flute & Guitar Audio Right after Big-Eared Brad the bunny died, fellow backyard residents Chubby Andrew and Long-Necked Jimmy nosed around his final resting spot. They pawed around, sat for a while. Then a mourning dove showed up. She perched above […]
